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Papua New Guinea: Sorcery killings trial is a chance for justice

23 March 2017, 11:25 UTC

Responding to the trial in Papua New Guinea of 122 people charged with more than seven killings in 2014 of people accused of sorcery, Champa Patel, Amnesty International said:

"For far too long, the killings of women accused of sorcery in Papua New Guinea have gone unpunished. They have often faced beatings, burnings and even public executions as the authorities have failed to act. This new trial is a chance to break with that tradition of impunity, if they are given fair trials without recourse to the death penalty."

For far too long, the killings of women accused of sorcery in Papua New Guinea have gone unpunished